Room Features

• Dining Room: Glass doors and windows cover the entire length of one wall to bathe the room in natural sunlight, and allow for you to enjoy the garden.
  ・Dining Table
  ・5 x Chairs; 1 x Bench
• Kitchen: Designed with the “okudosan” (firewood kitchen) in mind, this open space is reminiscent of the traditional hearth - updated with modern appliances and kitchenware.
• Garden: Designed with tsubaki trees that bloom pink in the spring, and momiji trees that showcase bright red & orange leaves during autumn - a breathtaking view awaits you every season.
• 1F Japanese Room: A delicate painting of the tsubaki tree decorates 4 sliding fusuma doors. Push these panels aside to reveal a tatami-lined room. An “indoor” veranda is available for you to relax whilst looking out into the garden throughout the seasons.
  ・Up to 3 Japanese-style Futon Bedding can be set
• Bathroom: Natural Japanese sugi wood line the walls to create a warm atmosphere. A waterfall shower head, a neyu (寝湯) bed bath, and a relaxing bath that looks out into the garden creates the perfect place to relax.
  ・ 1 x Bathroom (1F)
  ・2 x Toilets (1F & 2F)
• 2F Western-Style Bedroom: A spacious countertop & wash basin provides a comfortable space to get ready in the morning or night. An inviting room, with high ceilings and paper-sliding windows.
  ・ 2 x Twin-sized Beds
• 2F Japanese-style Bedroom: A traditional Japanese room lined in tatami flooring. The room is bathed in soft light from paper lanterns, and small details of red are incorporated throughout the room.
  ・Up to 3 Japanese-style futon bedding can be set

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Yoitsubaki machiya house has taken care to preserve the traditional architectural design, while incorporating details modern design and comforts.

A spacious machiya house with a grand exterior and impressive interior to match. With a large dining room table, and open floor plan kitchen, you will be able to cook light meals during your stay with your entire group. Look out towards the courtyard every morning as the natural sunlight bathes the entire first floor. In the evening, relax in the tatami-lined room with a cup of tea or coffee after a day of sightseeing.

Enjoy not only the architecture of the house, but soak in the history that still exists within the surround neighborhood.

Higashiyama-ku is an area home to countless temples, shrines, and traditional wooden structures, which still resonates a vibrant city -- “Yoitsubaki” machiya house is no exception as it contributes to the colorful history of Kyoto. A short 10 minute walk from Tofukuji Station, you can easily visit the famous red torii gates of Fushimi Inari Shrine, UNESCO-designated Tofukuji Temple, or travel north towards GION!

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